Sliding gate



' gate, and Fig. 2 a detail elevation of the susl two corresponding rollers, b b.

iJNiTED STATES LYCU `SLIDING GATE.

PATENT OFFICE.

SKJEGIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,601, dated February 23, 1886. A ppnmiimrnina Nmminmeriesi snrmnrs-ueeee=w maar To @ZZ whom it, may concern: l

Be it irnown that we, LYcURGUs Tims'rox and EDWIN R. CHASE, citizens of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county ot' Hancock and State of Ghio, have invented certain nen7 and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates, of which the following is a speciiicatiou, reference being had tothe accompanyingr d rawings. y

Uur inyention relates to improvements in sliding gates actuated by suspended levers.

The invention consists in the novel combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more specitcaliy set forth in the speciiication, and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in wh'ichf i 'Y l Figure 1 is a side elevation'ofour improved pended levers and pivoted lifting-posts; Fig. 3, an end .section of the V shaped post; and Fig. e a section on line y y, Fig. i.y

-itefeivringfmore particularly to the drawings, the central. or .mais gate-post, A, hassel cured to it ata suitable distance from the@ ground two rollers, a a'. 'The end post, 1B, has Y The opposite i or gate-holding post, C,.is made Vshaped and provided with two bevelodgrooves or slots, c, to receive the tongues of thegate.

The gate consists, essentially, of an upper and ower bar, I) D", l:with the intermediate bars, d, and the vertical bars v o'. The upper bar entends entirely across the space between the posts E andi). The lower bar, 'which is raised above the ground, is supported upon .a l guide-har, o?, which may also have a small f the lever H at h', and saidv lever ll' is alsopivoted to bar I at hand to lever F utf. A bar, G, exteudsdiagoually across the space between posts A and soas to brace and hold the gatefirinly'. The space betweenposts A and B may bc closed by anysuitable framework secured to said posts or placed inside ol the inclosure between posts A and l'i, so' as to effectually keep out stock, &c.

. The rollers a a' and l) b may bc cast ou a frame, a, Fig. 4, which may be bolted to the posts A B. The gate, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1, is in its normal or closed position, while the dotted lines, saine figure, s'how the movable parts in open position.

Thergatc being closed, as s'ct forth, and it being desired to open it, it is only necessary to pull down either lever N by means of the ver moves down in thc-direction of arrow l and the inner ends' move up in the direction ofarro'w 2. Now, asthc' bur K is secured to liuks on lovers N, it is evident that as the inner' ends of said levers are raised the bar K niust also be raised, and as the lower end o this bar K is piroted to the bar I this bar l must also rise as barK rises. Agailnas bar I'rises, the lever li', pivoted thereto at Iii, must also move upward at` its inner end,as indicated in dotted lines; but this leyerfH is also pivotally secured to lever llatIiQand the upward movement otf said bar I 'mustcause a downward movclneutol1 the outer edge of vlever Il', and as it ispivotcd io lever F :it f

this downward movement tends to bring lever roller placed thereon for the lower bar toroll i rh` to'a vertical and thcurto pass the vertical on. Two iitingbars, 1K, are pivotally sel cured at their lower ends to a bar, L,.pivot i this movenientoi' lever F, through thc interv/go,

ally secured to post 1l at l.v The nppercud of 1 the iifting-bfir i@ is =pivotei to the links n, also i pirated to the levers N, said levers N being s pivote-ily secured to the cross-bar Q at points i linto the position shown in dotted lines, and

post B at h,the opposite end being pivotcd to ,A i

. suspended catch 0.,; Thcoutcr end of the lcor to open it. Having passed through the" gate, and .desiring to close it l'romlthe other ,1. The upper end ofthe lifting-bar l is piv sideit isA only necessary to push up the eor- 93 otally connected to the lever 1I'. A lever, F,

ated tothe lever F atf'l, this latter lever, F', l horsemen or persons in vehicles, and asr they roo o riveted to the vertical bar yv' at f. A I T1, is pivotally secured at one end to responding catch-bar ou the opposite side, and

are too high for persons on foot we provide the catclrbars O on the cud ol' ilu* lover ll",`

whieh, wing pulled down or pushed up, net

in the .1e manner as pulling down or pushing up thelevers N. These arms extend sutileiently on each side of the gute to 4enable it to be easily and quickly manipulated. \\'hen the gate is closed from its open position, the tongues t glide easily and smoothly into the beveled opening c in post C, so thut no inzitter il` the wind be blowing, the tongues, :is they strike the bevel ot' the opening' in the post, lnovedireetly into thein, :u1d this in great-- ly aided by theV shape ot' the post t". posts muy be ot' lQtone, wood, or metal, :is de- -sired The gate slidingus it does i5 not ui'teeled by snow or mud in its movements,'11nd,when eon structed as described,I @un be readily plneed in 'j' position.v As there are no hinges, tenoning, or mortising, the parts ot' the gute are not eusily aiected by the action of the weather.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to Securax by Letters Patent., s

t the combination,with the gute und the posts l A B C, ol'the liftinghztrspivoted to euch other l and lo the bnr L ut their lower ends7 one of i said bars, K, being,r pivotnlly connected ut itsI upper end with links pivoted to levers X on l the main post A, the other lifting-bnr, I, being,I pivoted at; its upper end t0 u lever, H', l which in turn is pivoted tonlerer, Il, secured g :it one end to post l, the lever Il being also pivoted t0 n lever, l", one end ot' which is pivoted to the xnuin post und the opposite end stuntiztlly ns und t'or the purpose set forth.

ln testunongt' whereof we nliix our Signatures in presence ot' two witnesses. v

Witnesses:

A Lyman Gianni-1n. i Unix A. BALLAnn.

pivoted to :i lever, 1"', Secured to the gute, Sub 

